London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Marylebone 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE 7.
INFANTILE MORTALITY. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various ages under One Year, and in Sub-Districts.
No.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under
1
Week.
1 and
under 2
Weeks.
2 and
under 3
Weeks.
3 and
under 4
Weeks.
Total
under 1
Month.
1 and
under 3
Months.
3 and
under 6
Months.
6 and
under 9
Months.
9 and
under
12
Months.
Total
Deaths
under
1 Year.
All
Souls.
St.
Mary.
Christ
Church.
St.
John.
Total
l
Small-Pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Chicken-Pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Measles
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Scarlet Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
Diphtheria and
Membranous Croup
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
1
—
1
7
Diarrhoea
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
8
Enteritis
—
—
—
—
—
5
3
1
1
10
3
2
4
1
10
9
Tuberculous Meningitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
Abdominal Tuberculosis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
Congenital Malformation
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
13
Premature Birth
11
2
1
—
14
3
2
1
20
4
9
3
4
20
14
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
1
15
Atelectasis
3
—
—
—
3
—
-
-
3
2
-
1
-
3
16
Injury at Birth
1
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
17
Erysipelas
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18
Syphilis
—
—
—
—
—
—
19
Rickets
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
Meningitis (not
Tuberculous)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
Convulsions
—
—
—
—
—
22
Gastritis
—
—
—
1
_
1
1
1
23
Laryngitis
—
—
24
Bronchitis
2
2
2
2
25
Pneumonia (all forms)
1
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
3
1
5
26
Suffocation, Overlaying
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
_
27
Other Causes
2
—
—
1
3
—
—
1
—
4
2
—
1
1
4
Totals
18
2
1
1
22
12
8
3
4
49
12
12
17
8
49
11
M. F. M. F. M. F.
Nett Births Legitimate, 336 Nett Deaths Legitimate Infants, 18 17 Nett Stillbirths Legitimate Infants, 12 12
in the Year Illegitimate, 41 46 in the Year Illegitimate Infants, 8 6 in the Year Illegitimate Infants, 7 1
Total 377 460 Total 26 23 Total 19 13
837 49 32